in 2010, we started slipping again. slipping rather badly. g.d.p. numbers sliding very much. they will be stagnant now. shockingly bad numbers on housing this week. idea that the fed has run out of options. i think what is returning is a sense we might not just be in doldrum of pause. but headed to a double dip or worse. you see that in the jitteriness of the stock market. that i think is new. economic times are bad, the party in power is in trouble. people are seized with fear. the party in power has no chance whatsoever. >> bret: democrats, chris, some of them are running now against their leadership. these are all democratic ads around the country. take a listen. >> bobby voted against the